Hank Sauer

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Full Name: Henry John Sauer	Primary Position: OF,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/198	First Game: September 9, 1941
Birthdate: March 17, 1917	Final Game: August 17, 1959
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: August 24, 2001
Deathplace: Burlingame, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Hank Sauer (Henry John Sauer) was born on March 17, 1917 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1941 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1948, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 35 home runs and 97 RBI. Sauer played for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that Hank Sauer's best season was 1952, when he slugged 37 home runs and knocked in 121 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1941	CIN	N	9	33	4	10	0	5	.303	.324	.424	4	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
1942	CIN	N	7	20	4	5	2	4	.250	.318	.550	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1945	CIN	N	31	116	18	34	5	20	.293	.328	.431	1	0	6	16	0	0	2	0	0
1948	CIN	N	145	530	78	138	35	97	.260	.340	.504	22	1	60	85	4	4	2	0	10
1949	CIN	N	42	152	22	36	4	16	.237	.318	.355	6	0	18	19	0	0	0	0	8
1949	CHI	N	96	357	59	104	27	83	.291	.363	.571	17	1	37	47	3	1	0	0	5
1949	TOT	N	138	509	81	140	31	99	.275	.349	.507	23	1	55	66	3	1	0	0	13
1950	CHI	N	145	540	85	148	32	103	.274	.350	.519	32	2	60	67	3	0	1	0	15
1951	CHI	N	141	525	77	138	30	89	.263	.325	.486	19	4	45	77	3	1	2	0	10
1952	CHI	N	151	567	89	153	37	121	.270	.361	.531	31	3	77	92	4	1	1	0	14
1953	CHI	N	108	395	61	104	19	60	.263	.349	.473	16	5	50	56	2	0	0	0	12
1954	CHI	N	142	520	98	150	41	103	.288	.375	.563	18	1	70	68	6	2	2	9	8
1955	CHI	N	79	261	29	55	12	28	.211	.286	.387	8	1	26	47	2	0	0	0	8
1956	STL	N	75	151	11	45	5	24	.298	.403	.424	4	0	25	31	3	0	0	3	5
1957	NY	N	127	378	46	98	26	76	.259	.343	.508	14	1	49	59	0	0	1	2	7
1958	SF	N	88	236	27	59	12	46	.250	.354	.436	8	0	35	37	4	0	0	2	4
1959	SF	N	13	15	1	1	1	1	.067	.067	.267	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
Total			1399	4796	709	1278	288	876	.266	.347	.496	200	19	561	714	34	9	11	16	107

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1941	CIN	N	OF	8	0	0	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1942	CIN	N	1B	4	0	0	37	4	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1945	CIN	N	1B	3	0	0	31	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1945	CIN	N	OF	28	0	0	69	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1948	CIN	N	OF	132	0	0	270	14	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1948	CIN	N	1B	12	0	0	89	8	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1949	CIN	N	OF	39	0	0	102	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1949	CIN	N	1B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	CHI	N	OF	96	0	0	199	10	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1949	TOT	N	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1949	TOT	N	OF	135	0	0	301	16	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1950	CHI	N	OF	125	0	0	236	12	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1950	CHI	N	1B	18	0	0	145	17	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1951	CHI	N	OF	132	0	0	286	19	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1952	CHI	N	OF	151	0	0	327	17	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1953	CHI	N	OF	105	0	0	221	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1954	CHI	N	OF	141	141	1243	282	8	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1954	CHI	N	RF	135	135	1181	265	6	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1954	CHI	N	LF	14	6	62	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1955	CHI	N	OF	68	0	0	122	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1956	STL	N	OF	37	0	0	55	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	NY	N	LF	98	97	784.1	127	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1957	NY	N	OF	98	97	784.1	125	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1958	SF	N	OF	67	64	486.1	93	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1958	SF	N	LF	67	64	486.1	91	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1959	SF	N	OF	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1959	SF	N	LF	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			LF	180	168	1337.2	234	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.972
Total			OF	1228	303	2518.2	2408	105	67	21	0	0	0	0	0	.974
Total			1B	38	0	0	303	34	7	27	0	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			RF	135	135	1181	265	6	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.964

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1937).
Selected by Cincinnati Reds from New York Yankees in the minor league draft (October 14, 1939).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Frank Baumholtz to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Harry Walker and Peanuts Lowrey (June 15, 1949).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Pete Whisenant (March 30, 1956).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 16, 1956).
Signed by New York Giants (October 26, 1956).
Released by San Francisco Giants (August 25, 1959).

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